{"id":945590,"date":"2026-10-25T10:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/945590\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:22:23","slug":"cavs-nearly-blow-another-lead-hold-on-in-125-121-win-over-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/945590\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs nearly blow another lead, hold on in 125-121 win over Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> built another big lead and nearly maintained it the whole way in a 125-121 win over the Brooklyn Nets. It wasn\u2019t until the final few minutes that this game became tighter than it had any business being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">There\u2019s much to point to. A lofty 23 turnovers are the starting point. Empty possessions when you have an opportunity to hammer the final nail in the coffin are another. Either way you cut it, the Cavs are off to a sloppy start this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Evan Mobley began the game strong with a pair of three-pointers and a smooth bucket in the paint during the opening quarter. Similar to opening night in Philly, Jarrett Allen joined Mobley for an eight-point quarter to begin tonight\u2019s game. The Cavs have made it a point of emphasis to involve their bigs early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Allen even hit his first three-pointer since December of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Cleveland enjoyed better three-point shooting overall. They shot just 7-for-29 in their season opener, but began tonight 10-of-17 from deep in the first. Things certainly feel better when the ball is going through the hoop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Cavs rode that hot shooting to a 14-point lead going into halftime. Mobley and Allen led the team in scoring with 13 points each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As mentioned, the final minutes became helter-skelter. The Cavs allowed the Nets to creep back into the game by forcing turnovers and slowing Cleveland\u2019s offense to a halt. The Cavaliers turned it over eight times in the quarter while Brooklyn nailed eight three-pointers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Their 22-point lead was whittled to two points with under 10 seconds to play. It was a near disaster that, in all honesty, still has lingering effects despite the Cavs holding on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Nets were led in scoring by Michael Porter Jr. with 28 points, while Julius Randle and Egor Demin combined for 43 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Despite all that, the Cavs got their first win of the season and are now 1-1. They host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers built another big lead and nearly maintained it the whole way in a 125-121 win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,323621,459,82],"class_list":["post-945590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cavs-scores","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}